Love this event idea so much!
In an effort to draw attention to the functional capacity of bicycles as transportation devices and celebrate urban cycling in a new light, Bike to Shop Days highlight how bicycles can making running errands fun, easy, and convenient. Starting in California’s Silicon Valley a few years ago, the momentum has since spread and Vancouver, BC recently … [Read more...]

When you’ve got a sudden craving for sautéed duck feet, Kevin Sutton delivers it to your door.
Sutton is one of hundreds of bike couriers who ride Toronto’s streets every day. He works part-time for Foodora, a delivery service that lets users order food online from hundreds of restaurants. The company now employs 500 delivery staff in Toronto and cyclists make up 75 per cent … [Read more...]

Very cool business! Great way to learn about a neighbourhood before buying into it is to bike it.
Which of the following doesn’t belong: Circus drummer, stilter, vegetarian, cyclist, real estate agent – but remember, this is Toronto. Pedaling across the city on a pink, branded bicycle, Arty Basinski, founder of Real Estate by Bike, is one realtor who breaks with convention. … [Read more...]

Yet more data about how active transportation is responsible for most business, and business owners don't even know it.
“They (businesses) tend to consistently over estimate how many customers arrive by car and overestimate the importance of on-street parking, which can lead them to be against the installation of bike lanes that tend to remove on-street parking,” Shupac told … [Read more...]

The new Urbane Cyclist store is wonderful. Those big southern-facing windows make it nice and bright and sunshine-y inside.
Promotions for the grand opening at 280 College include Cycle Toronto membership or other gift with purchase over $50 and19 per cent off selected cycling accessories, 10 per cent off Urbane’s in-house brand Urbanite bikes, and other giveaways … [Read more...]